Largo al factotum (Cavatina from the Opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia). By Giaocchino Rossini. Arranged by Jos van de Braak. For Baritone and Concert Band. Grade 4. Full score and set of parts. Duration 5:00. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM119-SET).
Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas. The Cavatina 'Largo al factotum' is sung by Figaro, the barber of Sevilla, in the first act of the opera: he tells the world of his hard life being the factotum (handyman) of the city.

Un di, se ben rammentomi (Quartetto from Opera Rigoletto). By Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Arranged by Jos van de Braak. For Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Baritone and Concert Band. Grade 4. Full score and set of parts. Duration 6:00. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM132-SET).
Giuseppe Verdi composed his opera Rigoletto in 1851 and together with La Traviata (1853) and Il Trovatore (1853) it belongs to the top of his middle period of composing. The quartet Un di se ben rammentomi is sung in the third and final act by the Duke of Mantua (tenor) his jester Rigoletto (baritone) Gilda, daughter of Rigoletto (soprano) and Maddalena (alto).

Finale Ultimo (from the Opera La Traviata). By Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Arranged by Jos van de Braak. For 2 Sopranos, Tenor, 2 Baritones and Concert Band. Grade 4. Full score and set of parts. Duration 6:00. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM141-SET).
La Traviata tells the story of the young and beautiful courtesan Violetta who falls in love with Alfredo, an ordinary and poor young man. She leaves her luxurious live for him and finally offers her love for the sake of the future of Alfredo's family. The ver end of the opera, the 'Finale Ultimo', is the dramatic conclusion sung by all the main characters.

Hm hm hm (from the Opera Die Zauberflote). By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Arranged by Roger Niese. For 3 Sopranos, Tenor, Baritone and Concert Band. Grade 3. Full score and set of parts. Duration 6:30. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM223-SET).
Die Zauberflote isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more individual and higher form of it that should exist between all people. Hm hm hm is a beautiful quintet from this masterpiece.

Bess you is my woman (from the Opera Porgy and Bess). By George Gershwin (1898-1937). Arranged by Roger Niese. For Soprano, Bass-Baritone and Concert Band. Grade 3. Full score and set of parts. Duration 6:00. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM270-SET).
George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting. One of those is the lovesong Bess you is my woman sung by Porgy and Bess in the second act of the Opera.

Credo in un Dio crudel (from the Opera Otello). By Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Arranged by Anton Haeck. For Baritone and Concert Band. Grade 4. Full score and set of parts. Duration 5:00. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM273-SET).
"jago's credo from giuseppe verdi's opera otello, is sung at the beginning of the second act: a venomous expression of evil and, so to speak, of negative belief. he sings his creed: 'i believe in a cruel god, who has made me in his image'.

Scottish Souvenir. (For Multiple Baritones). By Ted Huggens. For Fanfare Band. Countries / Original Works Light Music Repertoire / Euphonium/Basse Solo and Wind Band / Little Solo concerts. Solo and Band 2 Series. Grade 3. Score and Parts. Published by Molenaar Edition (ML.021712060).
This work is based on the melody of an old Scottish ballad telling the love story of a simple maiden and a knight. The beautiful melody is mostly to be found with the euphonium section.